U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class David Rankin leans out the door of an SH-60 Sea Hawk as the helicopter approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) during operations in the South China Sea on April 6, 2007. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is under way in the Pacific Ocean on a surge deployment in support of U.S. military operations in the Western Pacific. Rankin is attached to Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 4. DoD photo by Chief Petty Officer Spike Call, U.S. Navy.
